Legal Opinion
Wright v. Childree
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 18, 2007No. 1050164 and 1050208PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
These consolidated appeals concern payment by the State of office-overhead expenses to lawyers who accept appointments to represent indigent clients before the courts of this state.
Facts and Procedural History
Daniel W. Wright is a lawyer practicing in Alabama who accepts indigent defendants as clients pursuant to § 15-12-21, Ala. Code 1975.1 Before February 1, 2005, Wright and all other attorneys representing such indigent clients were paid an hourly rate, under Ala. Code 1975, § 15-12-21, and were reimbursed for office-overhead expenses at a rate to be preapproved by the trial court.
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2Cases cited23 opinions
- Kolberg v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 2002
- Ex Parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
- Bell v. DriskillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Ex Parte Drummond Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2002
- Mobile Infirmary Medical Center v. HodgenSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Ex parte L.J.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2014
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- Green v. City of Montgomery, 2100713 (ala.civ.app. 9-16-2011)Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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